Classic Shell development was stopped in December 2017. For now the forum remains online as reference, but is read-only. Registration of new users is disabled.
It is currently Mon Oct 20, 2025 7:47 am

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Forum rules


Please, keep discussions on topic and in the right forum. The start menu topics go into the Classic Start Menu forum, etc. This makes it easier for people to locate topics they are looking for.
If you get a satisfactory response to your question, please mark the topic as "solved". Click the green √ button in the bottom-right of the post.



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 4 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:46 am 
Offline

Joined: Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:57 am
Posts: 2
First off thanks to everyone who contributes to this software it's awesome!

This is my current Classic Start Menu:




As you can see there's a lot of empty space under Run...

I'm wondering if it's possible to adjust the spacing or insert a blank separator between the current items such as Downloads and Computer, Computer and Recent Items, Recent Items and Administrative Tools, etc.

Also you can see the start menu's aero color is black so I'm wondering if it's possible to adjust that to clear or completely transparent like my taskbar.

Thanks!


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:40 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:38 am
Posts: 5374
In the Classic style of the menu, you can double click any item on the Customize Start menu tab in settings, and in the Edit Menu Item dialog, make the Command, Link, and Label for an item blank, specify "none" in the icon field (without the quotes). That makes that item unselectable as a blank separator. In the Windows 7 style of the menu, it currently displays "<No text>" if the Label is blank (seems to be a bug). As a workaround, you can specify "none" in the Label field. The item however remains selectable even if shows empty. If confirmed by Ivo (the developer) as a bug, it will be fixed in the next version so making the label empty makes the item non-selectable.

The Start Menu's color does not yet exactly match the taskbar color.

_________________
Links to some general topics:

Compare Start Menus

Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:58 pm 
Offline

Joined: Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:57 am
Posts: 2
Thank you


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:46 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:38 am
Posts: 5374
Update: In the latest 4.0.2, keeping the label empty makes the item unselectable in Windows 7 style as well.

_________________
Links to some general topics:

Compare Start Menus

Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 4 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 208 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group, Almsamim WYSIWYG Classic Shell © 2010-2016, Ivo Beltchev.
All right reserved.